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SOME FACTS
SPANISH: a language of Spain
SIL code: SPN
ISO 639-1: es
ISO 639-2: spa
Population 28,173,600 in Spain, 72.8% of the population (1986).
Population total all countries 322,200,000 to 358,000,000 first
language users (1999 WA--source for the second figure), 417,000,000
including second language users (1999 WA).
Region Central and southern Spain and the Canary Islands.
Also spoken in 43 other countries including Andorra, Argentina,
Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Cayman
Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France.
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO, CASTILIAN
Dialects ANDALUSIAN, MURCIAN, ARAGONESE, NAVARRESE, CASTILIAN,
CANARY ISLANDS SPANISH, AMERICAN SPANISH.
Classification Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western,
Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Comments Leonese has similarities to Asturian, and may be
extinct. 89% lexical similarity with Portuguese, 85% with Catalan,
82% with Italian, 76% with Sardinian, 75% with French, 74%
with Rheto-Romance, 71% with Rumanian. Most mother tongue speakers
of other languages in Spain use Spanish as second language.
The Aragonese dialect of Spanish is different from the Aragonese
language. Official language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO; prepositions;
genitives, relatives after noun heads; articles, numerals before
noun heads; adjectives before or after noun heads depending
on whether it is evaluative or descriptive; question word initial;
(C(C))V(C); nontonal. Christian. Bible 1553-1979.
Also spoken in:
Andorra Language name SPANISH
Population 24,600 in Andorra, 60% of population (1986).
Alternate names CASTILIAN
Comments Bible 1553-1979.
Argentina Language name SPANISH
Population 33,000,000 in Argentina (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Belize Language name SPANISH
Population 80,477 in Belize (1991 census).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments Radio programs, TV. Bible 1553-1979.
Bolivia Language name SPANISH
Population 3,483,700 in Bolivia (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Chile Language name SPANISH
Population 13,800,000 in Chile, including 25% Spanish, 66%
mestizo (1995).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Colombia Language name SPANISH
Population 34,000,000 in Colombia (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Costa Rica Language name SPANISH
Population 3,300,000 in Costa Rica (1995 estimate).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Cuba Language name SPANISH
Population 10,000,000 in Cuba (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Dominican Republic Language name SPANISH
Population 6,886,000 in Dominican Republic (1995 estimate),
87% of the population.
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Ecuador Language name SPANISH
Population 9,500,000 in Ecuador (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Christian. Bible 1553-1979.
El Salvador Language name SPANISH
Population 5,900,000 in El Salvador (1995), or 92.3% of the
population (1982 Barrett).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Equatorial Guinea Language name SPANISH
Population 11,500 in Equatorial Guinea (1993 Johnstone).
Comments Official language. Bible 1553-1979.
France Language name SPANISH
Alternate names CASTILLIAN
Comments Bible 1553-1979.
Gibraltar Language name SPANISH
Comments Bible 1553-1979.
Guatemala Language name SPANISH
Population 4,673,000 in Guatemala (1995 estimate).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Honduras Language name SPANISH
Population 5,600,000 in Honduras (1996).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Mexico Language name SPANISH
Population 86,211,000 first language speakers in Mexico (1995),
88% of the population.
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Morocco Language name SPANISH
Population 20,000 in Morocco (1993 Johnstone).
Comments Bible 1553-1979.
Nicaragua Language name SPANISH
Population 4,347,000 in Nicaragua (1995 estimate).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Panama Language name SPANISH
Population 2,100,000 in Panama (1995 estimate).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Paraguay Language name SPANISH
Population 110,000 in Paraguay (1979 estimate).
Comments Used in education and government. National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Peru Language name SPANISH
Population 20,000,000 in Peru (1995 estimate).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
Philippines Language name SPANISH
Population 2,658 (1990 census).
Comments Formerly the official language. Used by a few families
as mother tongue. Christian. Bible 1553-1979.
Puerto Rico Language name SPANISH
Population 3,437,120 speakers in Puerto Rico, 90% of the population
(1996).
Comments Some dialects are considered to be archaic. National language. Bible
1553-1979.
Trinidad and Tobago Language name SPANISH
Comments Users seem to be second language users only. Frequent
contact with Venezuelan fishing communities that lie nine
miles off the coast of Trinidad. Bible 1553-1979.
Uruguay Language name SPANISH
Population 3,000,000 in Uruguay (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
USA Language name SPANISH
Population 22,400,000 in USA, 8.9% of the population (1990
census).
Alternate names ESPANOL, CASTELLANO
Comments Population has increased 61% or more since 1970. Official language.
Bible 1553-1979.
Venezuela Language name SPANISH
Population 21,480,000 in Venezuela (1995 estimate).
Comments National language. Bible 1553-1979.
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